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Junkyard parts hunting for my 2006 Mustang
July 15, 2024 • 1:01
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Overview
Need parts for your project car? Sometimes the junkyard is your best friend. I headed out on a Sunday to pick up some headlight wiring connectors for my 2006 Ford Mustang and found a nice donor vehicle with some useful components still intact.
Key Moments
- Wire stripper tool demonstration
- Finding the donor Mustang at the junkyard
- Checking out the condition (new alternator, good engine)
- Removing the needed headlight connectors
- Quick tips for junkyard parts hunting
Full Transcript (Edited)
All right, let me show you this tool. This is a wire stripper, and it lets you strip wires like this. So you get the wire like that, and then you pull it. Then you see, it gives you a nice clean stripped wire.
All right, so today I came looking for these headlights—well, my Mustang is missing these connectors. So I found a donor vehicle. It looks kind of nice, has a new alternator, nice engine.
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